The Plaintiff, by undersigned counsel, and unto this Honorable Court,
most respectfully alleges that:
1. Plaintiff is of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of
_____________, Philippines. For purposes of this action, Plaintiff may be served with copies of our notices and orders of the Honorable Court at the office address of the undersigned counsel indicated below;
2. Defendant is also of legal age, Filipino, and for purposes of this
action, he may be served with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court at his residence and post-office address at _____________, Philippines;
3. Plaintiff is the true and registered owner of a certain parcel of land
situated in _____________, Philippines, consisting of approximately _____________ (_____) square meters, and identified as Lot ________ and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. _____________ of the Registry of Deeds of _____________;
4. That sometime in _____________, Defendant and his family began
to be in possession of the said property, not by virtue of any title or contract, but merely upon the Plaintiff's tolerance, as he had no immediate need of the said property at that time;
5. That on _____________, Plaintiff demanded that Defendant vacate
and return the possession of the said parcel of land to the herein Plaintiff, but despite numerous demands for him and his family to vacate, Defendant has remained in illegal possession of the said land and, up to the present, still retain such possession.
6. While possession by tolerance is lawful, such possession becomes
illegal upon demand to vacate is made by the owner and the possessor by tolerance refuses to comply with such demand (Prieto vs. Reyes, 14 SCRA 432; Yu vs. De Lara, 6 SCRA 786, 788; Isidro vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 105586, December 15, 1993);
7. A person who occupies the land of another at the latter's tolerance
or permission, without any contract between them, is necessarily bound by an implied promise that he will vacate upon demand (Yu vs. De Lara, supra, cited in Sumulong vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 108817, May 10, 1994);
8. That the reasonable rental value of the said land is
__________________________ (P___________) per month; 9. That due to the unjust refusal of the Defendant to vacate and to return the said land to the Plaintiff, the latter was constrained to endorse the said matter to its legal counsel for the filing of an appropriate action in court for a fee of P_____________ and the amount of P__________ per court hearing;
10.That this action is being filed within a period of one (1) year from the demand on Defendant to vacate the said property.
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